George Hall
@george-hall.bsky.social
Spen lad - mostly in York studying History and Politics. @UKLabour member 🌹. Spen Valley CLP Digital Officer. UoY Labour Club Social Secretary. Liversedge and Gomersal Branch Vice Chair. Kirklees Young Labour Membership and Campaigns Officer.
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Strong Yorkshire, strong UK!
Great to meet up with Tracy, Oliver and Angela at Yorkshire and Humber Labour Party Conference.
Great to meet up with Tracy, Oliver and Angela at Yorkshire and Humber Labour Party Conference.
March 2, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Strong Yorkshire, strong UK!
Great to meet up with Tracy, Oliver and Angela at Yorkshire and Humber Labour Party Conference.
Great to meet up with Tracy, Oliver and Angela at Yorkshire and Humber Labour Party Conference.
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Legal challenges to infrastructure projects to be blocked in push for growth
Legal challenges to infrastructure projects to be blocked in push for growth
Keir Starmer hopes his plan to ‘take the brakes off Britain’ will send a message to business to build more
Campaigners will be blocked from “excessive” legal challenges to planning decisions for major infrastructure projects including airports, railways…
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Legal challenges to infrastructure projects to be blocked in push for growth
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No, you misunderstood, not *that* 'freedom of speech'!
Milwaukee – CBS 58 weather reporter Sam Kuffel fired after criticizing Elon Musk arm gesture on Instagram.
She wrote on her personal account, "Dude Nazi saluted twice. TWICE. During the inauguration."
She wrote on her personal account, "Dude Nazi saluted twice. TWICE. During the inauguration."
CBS 58 weather reporter Sam Kuffel is out after criticizing Elon Musk arm gesture
Meteorologist Sam Kuffel criticized Elon Musk on social media for his straight-arm gesture some likened to a Nazi salute at the Trump inauguration.
www.jsonline.com
January 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
No, you misunderstood, not *that* 'freedom of speech'!
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In other words, Rachel Reeves is getting hammered for an economy almost entirely not of her own making.
January 15, 2025 at 12:29 PM
In other words, Rachel Reeves is getting hammered for an economy almost entirely not of her own making.
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Kemi Badenoch mentioned how much the UK's debt interest is costing us. She's right, it's becoming crippling. And a very substantial portion of that debt was added to the UK government's balance sheet during the Conservatives' period in office.
UK debt 2010: £1trn
UK debt 2024: £2.8178trn
UK debt 2010: £1trn
UK debt 2024: £2.8178trn
January 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Kemi Badenoch mentioned how much the UK's debt interest is costing us. She's right, it's becoming crippling. And a very substantial portion of that debt was added to the UK government's balance sheet during the Conservatives' period in office.
UK debt 2010: £1trn
UK debt 2024: £2.8178trn
UK debt 2010: £1trn
UK debt 2024: £2.8178trn
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Just in from mammoth interview session to two bits of news. One that a DV perp got locked up because of something I did and that a vulnerable constituent had a a massive wrongful debt written off after our intervention. This is why I came to politics, this is why I'll just keep cracking on.
January 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Just in from mammoth interview session to two bits of news. One that a DV perp got locked up because of something I did and that a vulnerable constituent had a a massive wrongful debt written off after our intervention. This is why I came to politics, this is why I'll just keep cracking on.
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Just like much of the furore this week, here is an example of a law passed 4 years ago and the Tories did nothing with it. Within months of us being in power we delivered the scheme because we are about actual actions and real outcomes. They talked we walked. www.burytimes.co.uk/news/2484314...
Man sentenced as GMP secures biggest penalty in Bury domestic violence pilot scheme
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has secured the biggest penalty so far for the breach of a domestic abuse protection order (DAPO) as part of a pilot…
www.burytimes.co.uk
January 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Just like much of the furore this week, here is an example of a law passed 4 years ago and the Tories did nothing with it. Within months of us being in power we delivered the scheme because we are about actual actions and real outcomes. They talked we walked. www.burytimes.co.uk/news/2484314...
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Our analysis of the geography of GE2024 is now out in
@politicalquarterly.bsky.social. This offers an important update of The Changing Electoral Map of England and Wales by @jwfurlong.bsky.social and me, published by OUP just ahead of the election. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@politicalquarterly.bsky.social. This offers an important update of The Changing Electoral Map of England and Wales by @jwfurlong.bsky.social and me, published by OUP just ahead of the election. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
January 7, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Our analysis of the geography of GE2024 is now out in
@politicalquarterly.bsky.social. This offers an important update of The Changing Electoral Map of England and Wales by @jwfurlong.bsky.social and me, published by OUP just ahead of the election. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@politicalquarterly.bsky.social. This offers an important update of The Changing Electoral Map of England and Wales by @jwfurlong.bsky.social and me, published by OUP just ahead of the election. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Prof Alexis Jay, chair of public inquiry into child sexual abuse, says further national inquiry into grooming gangs isn’t needed & would delay action.
“The time has passed for more inquiries, we’ve had enough… We’ve set out action required & people should just get on with it, nationally & locally”
“The time has passed for more inquiries, we’ve had enough… We’ve set out action required & people should just get on with it, nationally & locally”
January 7, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Prof Alexis Jay, chair of public inquiry into child sexual abuse, says further national inquiry into grooming gangs isn’t needed & would delay action.
“The time has passed for more inquiries, we’ve had enough… We’ve set out action required & people should just get on with it, nationally & locally”
“The time has passed for more inquiries, we’ve had enough… We’ve set out action required & people should just get on with it, nationally & locally”
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Turns out that a man who entirely baselessly and bizarrely calls a British minister a rape genocide enabler and tweets random conspiracy theories day and night might neither be the most stalwart nor reliable political ally.
January 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Turns out that a man who entirely baselessly and bizarrely calls a British minister a rape genocide enabler and tweets random conspiracy theories day and night might neither be the most stalwart nor reliable political ally.
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Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
January 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
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For those unaware…
January 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
For those unaware…
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2025 politics in two tweets*
January 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
2025 politics in two tweets*
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In 1979, Jimmy Carter had solar panels installed at the White House.
Ronald Reagan had them removed.
We may be able to trace back the current "Do Harmful Things if it Trolls the Libs" Republicanism to Reagan removing those panels the far more forward thinking Carter had installed.
Ronald Reagan had them removed.
We may be able to trace back the current "Do Harmful Things if it Trolls the Libs" Republicanism to Reagan removing those panels the far more forward thinking Carter had installed.
December 30, 2024 at 6:46 PM
In 1979, Jimmy Carter had solar panels installed at the White House.
Ronald Reagan had them removed.
We may be able to trace back the current "Do Harmful Things if it Trolls the Libs" Republicanism to Reagan removing those panels the far more forward thinking Carter had installed.
Ronald Reagan had them removed.
We may be able to trace back the current "Do Harmful Things if it Trolls the Libs" Republicanism to Reagan removing those panels the far more forward thinking Carter had installed.
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Young Labour is on Bluesky!
We’ve got exciting plans in the new year so drop us a follow to stay up to date 🌹
We’ve got exciting plans in the new year so drop us a follow to stay up to date 🌹
December 30, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Young Labour is on Bluesky!
We’ve got exciting plans in the new year so drop us a follow to stay up to date 🌹
We’ve got exciting plans in the new year so drop us a follow to stay up to date 🌹
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It’s not just Musk - we need to stop British billionaires bankrolling our politics
Keir Starmer needs to introduce new laws to cap individual donations and bar corporate political funding before it’s too late
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/its-not-ju...
Keir Starmer needs to introduce new laws to cap individual donations and bar corporate political funding before it’s too late
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/its-not-ju...
It’s not just Musk - we need to stop British billionaires bankrolling our politics
Keir Starmer needs to introduce new laws to cap individual donations and bar corporate political funding before it’s too late, writes former Electoral Commission David Howarth.
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 30, 2024 at 8:31 AM
It’s not just Musk - we need to stop British billionaires bankrolling our politics
Keir Starmer needs to introduce new laws to cap individual donations and bar corporate political funding before it’s too late
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/its-not-ju...
Keir Starmer needs to introduce new laws to cap individual donations and bar corporate political funding before it’s too late
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/its-not-ju...
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Imagine his shock when someone tells him Labour’s record -breaking International Investment Summit just secured £63 billion and nearly 38,000 jobs for the UK
December 30, 2024 at 9:52 AM
Imagine his shock when someone tells him Labour’s record -breaking International Investment Summit just secured £63 billion and nearly 38,000 jobs for the UK
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Social media, brain rot and the slow death of reading
https://www.ft.com/content/fe9963aa-f4fd-4839-8732-5df7bc4317bb
https://www.ft.com/content/fe9963aa-f4fd-4839-8732-5df7bc4317bb
Social media, brain rot and the slow death of reading
The dopamine hit of smartphone scrolling makes reading a book feel more effortful — but the rewards are worth the extra effort
www.ft.com
December 28, 2024 at 8:29 AM
Social media, brain rot and the slow death of reading
https://www.ft.com/content/fe9963aa-f4fd-4839-8732-5df7bc4317bb
https://www.ft.com/content/fe9963aa-f4fd-4839-8732-5df7bc4317bb
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Without trade unions & the workers willing to back them with strike action when needed we wouldn’t have
• a minimum wage
• maternity & paternity rights
• pension provision
• holiday & sickness entitlements
victories which have benefited every single person in this country
• a minimum wage
• maternity & paternity rights
• pension provision
• holiday & sickness entitlements
victories which have benefited every single person in this country
December 28, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Without trade unions & the workers willing to back them with strike action when needed we wouldn’t have
• a minimum wage
• maternity & paternity rights
• pension provision
• holiday & sickness entitlements
victories which have benefited every single person in this country
• a minimum wage
• maternity & paternity rights
• pension provision
• holiday & sickness entitlements
victories which have benefited every single person in this country
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#giselepelicot has shown extraordinary courage.
Now it falls to all of us to ensure her sacrifice brings long lasting change.
Men are a vital part of the solution - our friends & allies.
It’s now time for them to be brave too.
Expect more of your friends. Speak up. Report.
Now it falls to all of us to ensure her sacrifice brings long lasting change.
Men are a vital part of the solution - our friends & allies.
It’s now time for them to be brave too.
Expect more of your friends. Speak up. Report.
December 19, 2024 at 12:49 PM
#giselepelicot has shown extraordinary courage.
Now it falls to all of us to ensure her sacrifice brings long lasting change.
Men are a vital part of the solution - our friends & allies.
It’s now time for them to be brave too.
Expect more of your friends. Speak up. Report.
Now it falls to all of us to ensure her sacrifice brings long lasting change.
Men are a vital part of the solution - our friends & allies.
It’s now time for them to be brave too.
Expect more of your friends. Speak up. Report.
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Sterling close to its highest value against the Euro since the Brexit referendum. Markets appear to be rewarding the prospect of long term British political stability. Not something you’ve been able to say for a while.
December 12, 2024 at 1:23 PM
Sterling close to its highest value against the Euro since the Brexit referendum. Markets appear to be rewarding the prospect of long term British political stability. Not something you’ve been able to say for a while.
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Another day, another wild fury at Avanti West Coast, maybe if they stopped sending me jolly stakeholder emails and made sure the trains had as many seats as people booked on them they might make me want to despair a little less. It's just counting!
December 4, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Another day, another wild fury at Avanti West Coast, maybe if they stopped sending me jolly stakeholder emails and made sure the trains had as many seats as people booked on them they might make me want to despair a little less. It's just counting!
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Says a lot that about 90% of the traffic I’m seeing on X right now is absolutely convinced the British govt is about to embark on a mass programme of state murder of the elderly and vulnerable. What was until recently the town square of politics has become the preserve of the bad, mad and deranged.
November 30, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Says a lot that about 90% of the traffic I’m seeing on X right now is absolutely convinced the British govt is about to embark on a mass programme of state murder of the elderly and vulnerable. What was until recently the town square of politics has become the preserve of the bad, mad and deranged.
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It will probably come as no surprise to anyone to hear that Elon Musk has now admitted that X (formerly Twitter) is throttling link-based posts, essentially stifling news articles on the social media platform. Thankfully we now have @bsky.app
newrepublic.com/post/188794/...
newrepublic.com/post/188794/...
Elon Musk Admits X Is Making It Harder for People to Read News
The world’s richest man has finally admitted he’s essentially censoring news articles on X.
newrepublic.com
November 28, 2024 at 9:14 AM
It will probably come as no surprise to anyone to hear that Elon Musk has now admitted that X (formerly Twitter) is throttling link-based posts, essentially stifling news articles on the social media platform. Thankfully we now have @bsky.app
newrepublic.com/post/188794/...
newrepublic.com/post/188794/...